#B32A3E#B32A3E

#B32A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.172 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B32A3E
RGB	rgb(179, 42, 62)
HSL	hsl(351, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.5%, 65.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.56, 55.04, 22.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.56, 59.50, 22.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.91% 0.1636 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(50.91% 0.172 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2901, 11.5905, 5.7253)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B32A3E #2AB39F

analogous

#B32A82 #B32A3E #B35A2A

triadic

#B32A3E #3EB32A #2A3EB3

tetradic

#B32A3E #82B32A #2AB39F #5A2AB3

square

#B32A3E #82B32A #2AB39F #5A2AB3

split-complementary

#B32A3E #2AB35A #2A82B3

monochromatic

#50131C #811E2D #B32A3E #D4465B #DF7887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#B32A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#B32A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B32A3E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B32A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B32A3E	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C50033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b32a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 42, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.172 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d17073',
    500: '#b32a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b32a3e;
$custom-light: #d17073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b32a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.241,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50905,
    "c": 0.17222,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B32A3E

secondary

#72C7BB

accent

#E5CD43

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FBEDEC

border

#D4C8C7

text

#150808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B32A3E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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